Chennai Storytelling
Festival 2016 Workshops on Sat 13 and Sun 14 Feb
-- for Adults -- at Dr MGR-Janaki College ___________________________________ On both days -- 9:30am, Welcome Session, Main
Auditorium. 4pm, Closing Words, Main Auditorium. ___________________________________ Sat 13 Feb A)
Morning Session: 10am-12.30pm -- "Storytelling
Basics". Participants
would form groups of approx 20. Workshop
Leaders (each leading a separate Section) -- 1) Alvin
Raja. 2) Daniel
Joseph. 3)
Deeptha Vivekanand (based in Bangalore). 4) Geeta
Ramanujam (based in Bangalore). 5) Indu
Divya. 6) Mohan
K. 7)
Sheetal N. 8)
Vineeta Sood (based in Bangalore). B)
Afternoon Session: 1:30pm-4pm -- "Telling and
Writing One's Life Story as an Inward Journey of Identity and
Transformation" -- Sowmya
Srinivasan and Aparna Athreya (based in Bangalore), and Debjani Badhuri. Participants
would undergo this Workshop as one large group, with occasional individual
journal writing, talking in pairs, talking in groups of 4, etc. ___________________________________ Sun 14 Feb C)
Morning Session: 10am-12.30pm -- Elective Specialised
Workshops. Participants
could choose to join one of these: 1) "Storytelling and Teaching: A Case Study, the
Legend of Ponnivala" -- Brenda
Beck (based in Toronto, Canada). 2) "Storytelling for Personal Effectiveness: Ways to
Use Stories to Communicate with Yourself and the World Outside"
– Deeptha
Vivekanand (based in Bangalore). 3) "Storytelling for Teaching-and-Learning the
English Language" -- Daniel
Joseph. 4) "Storytelling
for Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship: Making Business Personal" -- Indu
Divya. 5) "Storytelling for Parents: Using Storytelling to Spark
Creativity and Wholesome Development in Your Child" -- Lavanya
Prasad (based in Bangalore). 6) "Training Adults to Help Very Young Children Do
Storytelling Activities" -- Lavanya
Srinivas. 7) "Storytelling as a Medium for Tactful Business
Communication" -- Mohan
K. 8) "Telling Stories from the Bible"
-- Sandhya
Ruban. 9)
"Storytelling about Science and
Technology" -- Shan K. 10) "Storytelling and Tourism" -- Sudha
Umashanker. 11) "Storytelling for Parents: Using Storytelling to
Communicate with Your Child" -- Vasugi
Ram Manohar, and Kavitha Thyagarajan. 12) "Storytelling for Relating to Young People
Effectively" --
Vineeta Sood (based
in Bangalore). D)
Afternoon Session: 1:30pm-4pm -- "Telling
Grandmother Stories, and Creating and Telling Original Stories". Focusing on identifying and giving voice to
beloved characters, and portraying journeys these characters might go on. -- Ruth
Stotter (based in California, USA), Eric Miller, and Magdalene Jeyarathnam. Participants
would undergo this Workshop as one large group, with occasional individual
journal writing, talking in pairs, talking in groups of 4, etc. ___________________________________ Admission: Rs 500 per day, if one Registers before 12
Feb. Otherwise, Rs 600 per day. This
program is designed as a 2-day experience, but people are also welcome to
attend only one day, or only one Workshop. For
Enquiries and to Register: 98403
94282 info@storytellinginstitute.org
Lunch
would not be provided. However,
one could purchase lunch on-site. The
Chennai Storytelling Festival is presented by the World Storytelling
Institute (an NGO registered in Chennai). Supported by Chennai Storytellers.
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